Miners strike 1984-85

1984-85: Lesbian and Gay Miners' Support Group

Submitted by Ed on Feb 20 2009 01:29

A short history of the Lesbian and Gay Miners' Support Group, who were set up during the 1984-85 miners' strike and, as a result, challenged prejudices held by many in the labour movement.

A year of our lives - 20 years since the great coal strike of 1984-1985

Submitted by Steven. on Jan 11 2007 11:19

Dave Douglass looks back on the great miners strike, twenty years on. Recalling information about the strike, the reasons behind it, the Tories' and Labour's attacks on the working class and finally how the strike was lost.

Notes on the miners strike, 1984-1985

Submitted by Steven. on Jan 11 2007 11:09
Miners' strike, 1984-85.

Notes on the strike of UK mine workers against closures and to save their union, the NUM. The article contains interesting information about the strike, its background, the aftermath and its importance to all workers in Britain.

Come and wet this truncheon - Dave Douglass

Submitted by Joseph Kay on Dec 3 2006 16:26

Classic pamphlet by miner and anarcho-syndicalist Dave Douglass on political policing during the British Miners’ Strike of 1984/5 - when the state acted like an occupying army in working class areas. First published in 1986.

Outside and against the unions - Wildcat

Focusing on the example of the NUM in the UK miners strike of 1984-5, Wildcat argue that far from helping workers, unions actually act as a barrier to workers' struggles.